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Title/s | Virgin and Child |
Maker/s | |
Category |
sculpture |
Name |
figure |
School/Style | |
Description | Ivory carved in the round. The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm. Her tall figure sways backward, with the right knee breaking forward, and her head slightly tilted to the left. The smile is faint on the traditional oval face. Her mantle falls in broad soft folds. |
Production Place | France (country) French (nationality) |
Technique Description | ivory carved in the round |
Dimensions |
height: (whole): 27.1
cm |
Period | mid-14th Century |
Date | circa 1330 to 1370 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1937 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) From Switzerland, where it had been since the French Revolution. Barthélemy Rey Collection, cat. no. 22. 1913: Lent to the Exposition du Moyen Age, Paris (cat. no. 109). Paris, Hotel Drouot, 11-14 May 1921, Catalogue des sculptures objets d'art et de curiosité . . . bois sculpté . . composant la collection de M. Barthelemy Rey, lot . purchased from by the Friends of the FitzwilliamGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.2-1937 (Applied Arts) |
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